During the Covid pandemic I was approached by the owner of Spoke who previously employed me to help and support the finance department, as their current finance manager was absent. After several months of late evenings and long weekends & under new management, Spoke approached me in July 2021 to lead their finance department, as their Finance Manager. As such I was responsible for all aspects of strategy and execution/implementation for all partnering companies- New Telecom Express- My Single Friend- The Dating Lab

Financeplus is an internal Financial Shared Service organisation providing financial services to WPP Companies and for the 2 years I was responsible for providing this service for Wavemaker UK On top of the day to day tasks detailed below, I had been a vital point of contact in transferring MA tasks from Agency to WPP.- Calculate Prepayments and Accruals- Fixed Asset Ledger ownership and maintenance- Load and Publish P&L and Balance Sheet actuals in Cartesis 9 entities- Review and reconciliation of Cartesis submission, maintaining work papers to evidence the accurate reporting by line and pack and the clearance of blocking errors, prior to publishing- Produce Balance Sheet Reconciliations and folder to present to agencies with actions required- Review and approve payments provided by Treasury Team- Review and approve bank reconciliations provided by Treasury Team- Review and approve all work by Reporting Assistant, before being sent to agencies- Support Intercompany Assistants- Ensure full compliance with SOX requirements

This was a short term temporary assignment helping britbet set up their financial controls along with day to day duties. ( Hays )Float ordering for racecourses prior to race meetings Cash Management for all 55 racecourses.Accounts Payable management.End of day race meeting financial reporting Payroll review ( 700 staff ) Payment runs

(Maternity Cover)• Management of sales and purchase ledgers.• Matching and coding of all purchase invoices according to company policies. • Updating the bank daily.• Bank reconciliations weekly.• Weekly supplier payment run preparations.• Maintenance of schedules for all balance sheet accounts and preparation of month end journals.• Filing and logging of purchase invoices.• Coding and logging all expenses of both Operations and Head office staff.• Other ad-hoc finance duties, eg preparation of sundry audit schedules, preparation of revenue share statements and reports of spend for the sales team.• Assistance in month end procedures.• Sales invoicing.• Producing purchase orders weekly for the Operations dept.

This was a very short term contract to cover staff while on holiday during the audit for 2 of the companiesDuties include Month end & Weekly Bank Reconciliation for all companies.Balance sheet reconciliation.Intercompany reconciliation.Revenue Analysis.P11D Analysis.Preparation of month end Journals. Accruals & Prepayments Schedules.Preparation of Financial Statements.

The Radiocentre finance team is responsible for the accounts for Radiocentre and all sister companies. UK Digital Radio, Radioplayer & Radioplayer Worldwide.Duties IncludeManagement of the Sales ledger.Management of the Purchase ledger.Preparation, filing and scheduling payment of VAT returns.Reconciling the company credit cards.Balance sheet reconciliation.Balance sheet and Bank reconciliations.Preparation of monthly payroll for sister companies.Updating the Fixed Asset register and calculating depreciation.Credit control for all companies. Radioplayer Worldwide Ltd launched in January 2017, I was heavily involved in the setup of the company from creating the Chart of Account and implementing the accounts package – Setting up a business bank account.

Duties Include:Accounts Receivable, preparation and delivery of invoices and reports to clients on a monthly basis for our UK & USA companies Managing the RBS Invoice Finance Facility Accounts Payable, coding and entering supplier invoices, scheduling and preparation of payments to suppliers on a weekly basis for our UK & USA companiesBalance sheet and Bank reconciliations.Preparation of Management Accounts (raising journals, accruals and prepayments, etc.)Preparation of Monthly accounts for RBS Dealing with Multiple Currencies & Exchange Rates.Liaising with external accountants for annual reporting.Preparation, filing and scheduling payment of VAT returns, PAYE/NIC and P11d returns.Preparation of fortnightly payroll for US Staff Collection and analysis of company & financial information.Preparation of Monthly accounts for RBSCash flow forecasting of income & expenditure

Duties include:Producing the Management Accounts for all subsidiary companies,Management of credit control,Management of the purchase Ledger process, Management of the sales Ledger process,Submitting quarterly VAT returns for all companiesPreparing Skeleton accounts for Audit.Reconciling the company credit cardsBalance sheet reconciliationAlso completing all of my Accounts Assistant role.Sep 06- April 08Telecom Express(Accounts Assistant)Duties include:Input of Purchase Invoices, Raising and Inputting Sales invoices the account system.Credit control, chasing customers for overdue invoices, Bank reconciliation for all the company accounts.Keeping the fixed Asset register updated.

Duties include:Management of a busy Finance Office, this includes line management responsibilities of four Finance Officers. To ensure that the Fixed and Local Asset Registers are maintained. To manage the timely completion of monthly returns. To ensure cash and bank are reconciled daily. This role is currently a temporary position as new Phoenix system is being prepared to go live, so all my duties as the Finance officer is part of this role.December 03- Jun06 HMP Wormwood Scrubs(Finance Officer)Duties include:Registering invoices, invoice posting, creating payment lists within the Main Company. Ensure invoices are processed and paid within 30 days. Inputting staff expense claim forms and creating staff expenses payment lists within the Main Company ensuring that the claims are paid within 7 days of receipts in the Finance Section. To answer queries from suppliers and staff courteously and ensuring that correct information is given. Generating BACS output files within the Main Company and related reports for onward transmission. Creating invoices for customers under Accounts Receivables and despatching them. Using Oracle Finance systems.Updating and adjusting inmates bank accounts.To undertake other duties and tasks requested by the Finance Management. September 03- December 03Reed AccountancyHMP Wormwood Scrubs(Audit Team)The Inland Revenue are going to do a PAYE audit of the Prison Service in October 03. A team were called in to do an Audit check before the Inland Revenue came in to warn the Prison Service of their liability of tax.Duties include Going through all the Expense claims through their past financial year and also all their invoices. Finding and solving queries of these invoices and inputting them onto a detailed Excel Spreadsheet. Checking what has been done on their Constructing Industry Scheme (C.I.S), and making sure they tie in with the invoices.